The International AIDS Conference starts up in less than a week in Vienna, Austria. ScienceSpeaks is gathering thoughts from leaders in the field HIV/AIDS treatment, research and advocacy in the question and answer series “Looking toward Vienna.” Daniel R. Kuritzkes, MD, is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is also the Head […]
A piece in last week’s Science Magazine argues for universal access to prevention and treatment for HIV/AIDS. Looking back to the 2006 pledge made by all UN member states to make universal access a reality by 2010, the article states that the global community has failed to deliver and calls for more resources and attention […]
The International AIDS Society (IAS) announced Monday that the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), with its Center for Global Health Policy, will be one of two local scientific partners for the 2012 International AIDS Conference — to be held in Washington, DC in July 2012. HIVMA represents more […]
HIV
By Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos and Dr. Barbara Taylor In February 2019, the federal government updated national HIV goals to end the epidemic in the U.S. by 2030. Those […]
Tuberculosis
In the six weeks before South Africa responded its first diagnoses of COVID-19 with the start of physical distancing measures, more than 47,000 people on average […]
Research & Development
With 2018 data showing highest incidence acute flaccid myelitis since monitoring began, officials say awareness, recognition of rare life threatening condition will be crucial to early […]
Policy
By Karen Carvajal, M.D. Over the course of human history we have come a long way in our fight against the threat of infectious diseases and, […]